Crimson Sky Soundtrack

Crimson Sky Soundtrack

Crimson Sky Soundtrack

There was a time when the lyrical proclamationthat all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey would instantly lead to some "California Dreamin.’" That is no longer the case.

California Dreamin' of the Chungking Express

Hearing that someone is going for a walk on a winter’s day now conjures a hyper-modern Hong Kong, where nature’s leaves are few and far between and shades of the sky are permanently dyed by the city’s neon lights.

The thanks go to Wong Kar-Wai for giving the world Chungking Express, in which the adorable Faye Wong dances her heart away to that The Mamas and the Papas song. It takes a certifiable cinematic master to take a song completely identifiable with one time and place, and transport its identity to another locale in an entirely different era.